Traoré with Mali U20s in March 2015
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Personal information | ||||||||||||
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Full name | Adama Traoré | |||||||||||
Date of birth | 28 June 1995 | |||||||||||
Place of birth | Bamako, Mali | |||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||
Playing position | Midfielder | |||||||||||
Club information | ||||||||||||
Current team
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Rio Ave (on loan from Monaco) | |||||||||||
Number | 23 | |||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||
2008–2013 | JMG Academy Bamako | |||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||
2013–2014 | AS Bakaridjan | 3 | (0) | |||||||||
2014–2015 | Lille | 20 | (2) | |||||||||
2014 | → Royal Mouscron (loan) | 2 | (0) | |||||||||
2015– | Monaco | 10 | (2) | |||||||||
2017– | → Rio Ave (loan) | |||||||||||
National team‡ | ||||||||||||
2014–2015 | Mali U20 | 11 | (4) | |||||||||
2015– | Mali | 3 | (1) | |||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 November 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22 July 2015 |
Adama Traoré (born 28 June 1995) is a Malian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Rio Ave on loan from the Ligue 1 club AS Monaco.
Born on 28 June 1995, in Bamako, Mali, Traoré began his career playing in the youth ranks of the Bamako JMG Academy before joining AS Bakaridjan in the top flight. In January 2014, he signed with French club Lille and was immediately loaned out to Belgian second division side Royal Mouscron-Péruwelz. He made his Ligue 1 debut at 24 September 2014 against OGC Nice in a 1–0 away defeat. Traoré scored his first goal at senior level for Lille against Evian on 7 January 2015.
Traoré was a member of the Mali national under-20 team for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand. During the competition, he scored 4 goals and had 3 assists, helping Mali win the bronze medal and earning himself the Adidas Golden Ball as the best player in the competition.